December, 17th in History

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Events

Wednesday 17, 2003:
', the third and final film in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy, opens in theaters.

Tuesday 17, 2002:
A peace accord is signed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Thursday 17, 1998:
Claudia Benton is murdered in her West University, Texas home by Angel Maturino Resendiz. She is his fifth murder victim in his fourth incident.

Wednesday 17, 1997:
A chartered Yakovlev-42 from Ukraine crashes into the mountains near Katerini, Greece killing 70

Sunday 17, 1989:
Full-scale street manifestations and riots in Timisoara ignite the Romanian Revolution

Thursday 17, 1981:
U.S. army officer James Dozier is abducted by the Red Brigades in Verona, Italy

Sunday 17, 1978:
The Workers Party of Jamaica is founded by Trevor Munroe.

Monday 17, 1973:
The American Psychiatric Association removes homosexuality from its list of mental illnesses.

Thursday 17, 1970:
Coastal cities events Mass riots in the coastal cities of Poland ended in massacre of shipyard workers in Gdynia

Wednesday 17, 1969:
1969 - SALT I talks begin

Sunday 17, 1967:
Harold Holt, Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1908) disappears while swimming near Portsea, Victoria

Sunday 17, 1961:
A fire at a circus in Niteroi, Brazil kills 323 people.

Sunday 17, 1944:
In what became known as the Malmédy massacre, around 80 American POW are executed by Waffen-SS troops of Jochen Peiper’s Kampfgruppe.

Wednesday 17, 1941:
German siege of Sevastopol begins

Sunday 17, 1939:
German battleship Admiral Graf Spee is scuttled by Captain Hans Langsdorff at the Battle of the River Plate.

Tuesday 17, 1935:
First flight of the Douglas DC-3.

Wednesday 17, 1919:
Uruguay becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.

Thursday 17, 1903:
First powered flight, by the Wright Brothers.

Wednesday 17, 1862:
General Ulysses S. Grant issues General Order No. 11, expelling Jews from Tennessee, Mississippi, and Kentucky.

Sunday 17, 1843:
"A Christmas Carol", a fictional short story by Charles Dickens, is first published.

Wednesday 17, 1777:
France becomes the first nation to recognize the United States of America

Thursday 17, 1637:
The Shimabara Rebellion breaks out in Japan.

Wednesday 17, 1586:
The reign of Emperor Go-Yozei, the 107th imperial ruler of Japan, begins.

Monday 17, 384:
St Siricius becomes Pope.

Monday 17, 283:
St Gaius becomes Pope.

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/17-december/on-this-day.html


People born on December 17

1990:
Iamarab, Camel (b: December 17, 1990) (Biography of Iamarab)

1986:
Mark Swadel, New Zealander (b: December 17, 1986) (Biography of Mark Swadel)

1979:
William Green, American football player (b: December 17, 1979) (Biography of William Green)

1976:
Takeo Spikes, American football player (b: December 17, 1976) (Biography of Takeo Spikes)

1975:
Nick Dinsmore, American professional wrestler (b: December 17, 1975) (Biography of Nick Dinsmore)
Milla Jovovich, Ukrainian-born actress and model (b: December 17, 1975) (Biography of Milla Jovovich)

1973:
Paula Radcliffe, English runner (b: December 17, 1973) (Biography of Paula Radcliffe)

1971:
Antoine Rigaudeau, French basketball player (b: December 17, 1971) (Biography of Antoine Rigaudeau)

1968:
Paul Tracy, Canadian race car driver (b: December 17, 1968) (Biography of Paul Tracy)

1966:
Kristiina Ojuland, Estonian politician (b: December 17, 1966) (Biography of Kristiina Ojuland)

1955:
Brad Davis, American basketball player (b: December 17, 1955) (Biography of Brad Davis (basketball player))

1951:
Ken Hitchcock, Canadian hockey coach (b: December 17, 1951) (Biography of Ken Hitchcock)

1949:
Paul Rodgers, British singer (Free) (b: December 17, 1949) (Biography of Paul Rodgers)

1945:
Jacqueline wilson, English writer (b: December 17, 1945) (Biography of Jacqueline wilson)
Elvin Hayes, American basketball player (b: December 17, 1945) (Biography of Elvin Hayes)
Ernie Hudson, American actor (b: December 17, 1945) (Biography of Ernie Hudson)

1944:
Jack L. Chalker, Canadian novelist (b: December 17, 1944 ; d: February 11, 2005) (Biography of Jack L. Chalker)
Lorne Michaels, Canadian film producer (b: December 17, 1944) (Biography of Lorne Michaels)
Bernard Hill, English actor (b: December 17, 1944) (Biography of Bernard Hill)

1943:
Ron Geesin, Scottish musician (b: December 17, 1943) (Biography of Ron Geesin)
Lauren Hutton, American model and actress (b: December 17, 1943) (Biography of Lauren Hutton)

1942:
Paul Butterfield, American musician (b: December 17, 1942) (Biography of Paul Butterfield)

1941:
Gene Clark, American musician (b: December 17, 1941) (Biography of Gene Clark)

1939:
Eddie Kendricks, American musician (b: December 17, 1939 ; d: October 5, 1992) (Biography of Eddie Kendricks)

1938:
Gordon Lightfoot, Canadian musician (b: December 17, 1938) (Biography of Gordon Lightfoot)
Peter Snell, New Zealand athlete (b: December 17, 1938) (Biography of Peter Snell)

1930:
Bob Guccione, American magazine publisher (b: December 17, 1930) (Biography of Bob Guccione)
Bob Mathias, American athlete (b: December 17, 1930) (Biography of Bob Mathias)
Armin Mueller-Stahl, German actor (b: December 17, 1930) (Biography of Armin Mueller-Stahl)

1929:
Jacqueline Hill, British actress (b: December 17, 1929 ; d: February 18, 1993) (Biography of Jacqueline Hill)
William Safire, American columnist (b: December 17, 1929) (Biography of William Safire)

1916:
Penelope Fitzgerald, English writer (b: December 17, 1916 ; d: April 28, 2000) (Biography of Penelope Fitzgerald)

1911:
André Claveau, French singer (b: December 17, 1911 ; d: July 14, 2003) (Biography of André Claveau)

1908:
Willard Frank Libby, American physicist and chemist (b: December 17, 1908) (Biography of Willard Frank Libby)

1906:
Simo Häyhä, Finnish soldier (b: December 17, 1906) (Biography of Simo Häyhä)

1903:
Erskine Caldwell, American author (b: December 17, 1903 ; d: April 11, 1987) (Biography of Erskine Caldwell)
Ray Noble, English musician {d. 1978} (b: December 17, 1903) (Biography of Ray Noble (musician))

1901:
Lee Strasberg, Austrian-born actor and director (b: December 17, 1901 ; d: February 17, 1982) (Biography of Lee Strasberg)

1894:
Arthur Fiedler, American conductor (b: December 17, 1894 ; d: July 10, 1979) (Biography of Arthur Fiedler)

1893:
Erwin Piscator, German film director (b: December 17, 1893) (Biography of Erwin Piscator)

1892:
Sam Barry, American basketball coach (b: December 17, 1892 ; d: September 23, 1950) (Biography of Sam Barry)

1874:
William Lyon Mackenzie King, tenth Prime Minister of Canada (b: December 17, 1874 ; d: July 22, 1950) (Biography of William Lyon Mackenzie King)

1873:
Ford Madox Ford, English writer (b: December 17, 1873) (Biography of Ford Madox Ford)

1872:
Mistinguett, French actress and singer (b: December 17, 1872 ; d: January 5, 1956) (Biography of Mistinguett)

1853:
Herbert Beerbohm Tree, English actor (b: December 17, 1853) (Biography of Herbert Beerbohm Tree)

1830:
Jules de Goncourt, French publisher (b: December 17, 1830 ; d: July 20, 1870) (Biography of Jules de Goncourt)

1807:
John Greenleaf Whittier, American poet and abolitionist (b: December 17, 1807 ; d: September 7, 1892) (Biography of John Greenleaf Whittier)

1799:
Titian Peale, American artist (b: December 17, 1799) (Biography of Titian Peale)

1796:
Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Canadian novelist (b: December 17, 1796) (Biography of Thomas Chandler Haliburton)

1778:
Humphry Davy, English chemist (b: December 17, 1778) (Biography of Humphry Davy)

1749:
Domenico Cimarosa, Italian composer (b: December 17, 1749 ; d: January 11, 1801) (Biography of Domenico Cimarosa)

1706:
Émilie du Châtelet, French mathematician and physicist (b: December 17, 1706 ; d: September 10, 1749) (Biography of Émilie du Châtelet)

1685:
Thomas Tickell, English writer (b: December 17, 1685 ; d: April 23, 1740) (Biography of Thomas Tickell)

1632:
Anthony Wood, English antiqurian (b: December 17, 1632 ; d: November 28, 1695) (Biography of Anthony Wood)

1619:
Prince Rupert, Royalist commander in the English Civil War (b: December 17, 1619) (Biography of Prince Rupert)

1267:
Emperor Go-Uda, emperor of Japan (b: December 17, 1267 ; d: July 16, 1324) (Biography of Emperor Go-Uda)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/17-december/births.html

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They lest us on December 17

2003:
Otto Graham, American football player (b: December 6, 1921 ; d: December 17, 2003) (Biography of Otto Graham)
Ed Devereaux (d: December 17, 2003) (Biography of Ed Devereaux)

1999:
Grover Washington Jr., American musician (b: December 12, 1943 ; d: December 17, 1999) (Biography of Grover Washington Jr.)

1992:
Dana Andrews, American actor (b: January 1, 1909 ; d: December 17, 1992) (Biography of Dana Andrews)

1987:
Marguerite Yourcenar, French author (b: June 8, 1903 ; d: December 17, 1987) (Biography of Marguerite Yourcenar)
Irving Allen, American film producer and director (b: November 24, 1905 ; d: December 17, 1987) (Biography of Irving Allen)

1964:
Victor Franz Hess, Austrian-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: June 24, 1883 ; d: December 17, 1964) (Biography of Victor Franz Hess)

1957:
Dorothy L. Sayers, English author (b: June 13, 1893 ; d: December 17, 1957) (Biography of Dorothy L. Sayers)

1917:
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (d: December 17, 1917) (Biography of Elizabeth Garrett Anderson)

1909:
King Léopold II of Belgium (b: April 9, 1835 ; d: December 17, 1909) (Biography of Léopold II of Belgium)

1907:
William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin (d: December 17, 1907) (Biography of William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin)

1897:
Alphonse Daudet, French novelist (b: May 13, 1840 ; d: December 17, 1897) (Biography of Alphonse Daudet)

1830:
Simón Bolívar, South American liberator (b: July 24, 1783 ; d: December 17, 1830) (Biography of Simón Bolívar)

1812:
Kaspar Hauser (d: December 17, 1812) (Biography of Kaspar Hauser)

1721:
Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough (d: December 17, 1721) (Biography of Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough)

1663:
Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba (d: December 17, 1663) (Biography of Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba)

1273:
Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi, Persian mystic and poet (b: September 30, 1207 ; d: December 17, 1273) (Biography of Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi)

1195:
Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut (d: December 17, 1195) (Biography of Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut)

1187:
Pope Gregory VIII (d: December 17, 1187) (Biography of Pope Gregory VIII)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/17-december/deaths.html